> From: Reese
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 3:47 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Drivers License
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>
> This one is spam, but I find it to be interesting spam.
>
> Int. DL's tend to be valid only in countries which drive on the same side
> of the road as the country the license itself was issued in, for example, a
> license issued in mexico(? drives on right-hand side of road) would not be
> valid in japan, australia, england or anywhere else that drives on
> left-hand side of road (in absence of special endorsement. Such was my
> learning curve after a prolonged stay in japan).
This is hogwash. The three types of international driver's licenses I have seen are
valid irrespective of any nonsense about what side of the road one drives on. The one
you get at AAA for $20 or whatever is valid in Japan, Anguilla and all of Britain, for
example, without any endorsement.
> I wonder what other gotcha's and Catch-22's exist - for example: Most (or
> all, to the best of my knowledge) states of the US do not allow a citizen
> with a duly and properly issued states DL to possess a DL from any other
> entity.
I have never heard of that. I have held 5 at once at one time or another. Most
states ask you to surrender any current license but primarily because they want it for
identification. Those times when I have presented a foreign license as identification
I've always gotten it back on the spot.
Most "international driver's licenses" are not valid without the presence of a
driver's license issued by your jurisdiction of permanent residence, which must be
carried with you at the same time.
